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OSHA Injury Report: BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, MA 1069 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eD Medic A in general medical and surgical hospitals.

Establishment
BWH - Baystate Wing Hospital
Parent company
Baystate Health
Street
40 Wright Street
City
Palmer
State
MA
ZIP
1069
On-site location
Emergency Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
14

Employee was adjusting patient position with extremity lift.

Patient in [REDACTED] was being restrained and had to be adjusted. Patient boosted using extremity lift. As RN turned to grab restraints patient lunged forward while employee 's right wrist was still underneath the patient. Employee felt a pop in wrist when the patient lunged and tightness in wrist after the event.

Right Wrist Pain

Adjusting Patient Position R Wrist Underneath Patient

Right Wrist Pain

Job description
ED Medic A
SOC code
29-2043 — Paramedics
NAICS code
622110 — General medical and surgical hospitals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
624
Total hours worked
840583
EIN
222519813
Establishment ID
492621
Employer case #
BWH-25-81
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23JAN26:15:28:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.